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At voestalpine, all employees are treated equally regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, or any disabilities. Therefore, the voestalpine Group does not tolerate any form of discrimination whatsoever. In the Code of Conduct, which is binding for all employees through-out the entire Group, the Chapter “Respect and Integrity” states:
Based on the UN Charter and the European Convention on Human Rights, human rights are viewed by the Group as fundamental values, which must be respected and observed by all employees.
The corporate culture of voestalpine Group acknowledges and welcomes the fact that each person is unique and valuable and shall be respected for his or her individual abilities. voestalpine Group therefore does not tolerate any form of discrimination whatsoever.
This also applies to sexual harassment in any form, for instance by way of obvious advances, demeaning comments, jokes, vulgar expressions, obscene gestures, or the display of graphic material in business and production facilities of the Group. Such conduct may be considered harassment even if it is not intended as such.
These principles shall also apply to conduct towards external persons.
Persons with disabilities
In Austria, companies with more than 25 employees are required to make jobs available for persons with disabilities. For reasons relating to data protection and privacy, information about the possible disability of employees is not collected outside of Austria.
voestalpine fulfills all statutory obligations at all of its locations in this respect.
Women at voestalpine
As of the reporting date of March 31, 2016, the percentage of women in the workforce in the entire Group was 13.1%, the percentage of women workers was only 3.9%, and the percentage of female salaried employees was 28.4%.
The percentage of female executives (salaried employees holding positions with staff responsibility, including forepersons, excluding members of the Board) was 12% as of March 31, 2016. This percentage has increased slightly in recent years.
The category “Female apprentices (other)” saw a particularly high percentage. As of March 31, 2016, the percentage of female apprentices was 55.2%. They are female apprentices who are not receiving technical training.
Percentage of female employees at voestalpine |
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per business year |
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2011/12 |
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2012/13 |
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2013/14 |
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2014/15 |
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2015/16 |
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Total of all female employees |
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12.3% |
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12.6% |
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13.4% |
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13.3% |
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13.1% |
Female executives |
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10.2% |
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10.1% |
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10.6% |
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11.0% |
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12.0% |
Salaried female employees |
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27.2% |
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27.7% |
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28.4% |
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28.4% |
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28.4% |
Female workers |
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3.4% |
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3.5% |
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4.3% |
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4.1% |
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3.9% |
Female apprentices (technical training) |
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9.0% |
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9.1% |
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8.6% |
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12.1% |
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11.8% |
Female apprentices (other) |
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50.9% |
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53.8% |
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49.5% |
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55.9% |
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55.2% |
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